Review article

PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER

BISERKA BERGMAN MARKOVIĆ orcid.org/0000-0002-3657-4001 ; University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Biserka Bergman Marković Family Medicine Oi ce, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is a global problem worldwide because of its very high prevalence and mortality. Therefore, prevention of colorectal cancer and its early diagnosis is of great importance. In Croatia, the National Program for Colorectal Cancer has been carried out since 2007; however, the rate of response was about 18 percent, depending on the region. Such a great public health and social and economic problem requires multidisciplinary approach in which family physicians have an important role. The well spread and developed network of primary health care and the availability of family physicians to each inhabitant have not been suffi ciently exploited, especially for such preventive activities where family physicians could supervise program implementation.

Keywords

colorectal cancer; family medicine; prevention of colon cancer

Hrčak ID:

154167

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/154167

Publication date:

12.3.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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